Tiny fish open new horizons for autism research

Tiny fish open new horizons for autism research

Researchers from Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Japan, have revealed that environment influences social behaviors in autism. By using zebrafish that have a mutation in ube3a, a gene linked to Angelman syndrome (AS) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), they demonstrate that sensory processing of environmental information is determinant in the outcome of socializing or not.